Laundry tag and holder



J. H. LYNCH LAUNDRY T'AG AND HOLDER Dec. 8 1925- Filed June 24, 1925 W TN E V W 4 that is firmly secured to the inner end of the inner tube 2.The rocking heldat one endof a slot in t Patented Dec. 8 192 5.

' JOSEPH H LYNCH, OF ASBURY PARK, NEW JERSEY.

LAUKDBY TAG- LND HOLDER.

Application filed 24, 1925. jerlal No.89)".

To all whom zt'may concern: I

Be it known that I, JosnrI-I H. LYNCH, a-

- ,-citizen of the United States, and a resident of Asbury Park, countyof Monmouth, State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Laundry Tags and Holders, of which the following is a;specification.

' 'In the laundry trade, in the'handling of' the semifinished articles,it is essential to maintain identification of the individuali pieces inbatches by-means of identification ta The present invention relates tocertain l5 improvements in the construction of the tags an of holderswhereby the pieces of the laundry maybe assembled in their respectivebatches in a convenient manner. The invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing av4 holder with several tags supported thereby.

. Q the center of the holder. Y

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section through Figure 3 is 'a transversesection on the-line v 3--3 Figure 2.

v the holder showing the tag held thereby. so

in its unclaspedposition.

The holder consists essentially of an'outer v [by the inner tube asown-in Figure 4. V

Figure 4 is a transveme section through Figure 5 is a similaryiew withthe tag being released. 7

Figure 6 is a perspective view tube 1 and an inner tube 2, the latterturning freely within the former and both havslots in their lowerportions. The outer 111 tube is supported rigidly by a wall su 'port 3adapted to be fastened to any vertica sur- 1 face. This wall support 3is box-shaped and has functioning within it a rocking lever lever 4 is esupport 3- by means of a spring 6 and when so held,

the slots do not register, as shown in Figure 4, whereas when therocking lever is ressed downward, the slots in the inner an 'outer tubes1 and 2 are made to register, as shown in Figure 5. -A laundry tag- 7 ismade of a bent strip of metal 8, the loop end of which "is formed in acylindrical sha e as shown at 9, and the size of this cylin rical end issuch that when the tag is slipped into the slotted tubes at the endsthereof, the said cylindrical end 9 will not allow the tag to positionshown in Figu of the tag- 1 fall through the slots if the slots are outof 1 register, as shown in'Fi ure 4, but will fall I throughthe slotswhen t ey are in register,

as shown in Figure 5. The tag is of the general construction shown in mco nding a tag is clamped onto a piece-of goods. I have found that thislocking slide will in the laundering rocesses sometimes become loose andallow t e tag to become separated from the goods. This trouble I havefound can the projection 11 until the parts assume the In operation thesupport is utilized as follows. As the clothes are sorted out inbatches,they are assembled on the holders tags carryin one identi cationnumber will all be assemb ed on one holderone at a time;

are thus assembled h slipping the ta into'the end of thehol' er sothatthe';

They

be obviated by making the tag with a slight J protuberance 11', which issmall enough to slip under the bifurcated end of "the slide shown at 12and hold the slide in its clamping position with suflicient force toprevent its accidental movement. When, however, "sufficient pressure isapplied longitudinally as promoting lug 13 on the slide, the Ibifurcation 12 may be made to ride over;

' one batch'to each holdelg that is to say, the i as en argedend 9 ofthe ta will besupported fWhen it is desired to- "remove the batch fromthe holder all that is nece ist'o press down the lever 4 with one hanwhile,

1. A tag holder compgsingan inner and an outer tube, each tu having aslotted portion, and means for causin to rotate with respect to the oter tube to. change the registering of the slots.

' 2. A tag holdercomprising an inner and an outer tube, each tube havinga slotted portion, means for causing. one tube to rotate with respect tothe other tube to change the re isterin of the slots, and means for onetube norma ly hol ing the tubes in the. position of least registry. V

3. A tag holdercomprising an inner'and an outer tube, each tube having aslotted "portion,

" the registering of the portion,

-for normally tion of least registry,

'means-for causing one tube to rotate with means for normally holdingthe tubes in the position of least registry. a

4. A tag holder comprising an inner and an outer tube, each tube havinga slotted portion, means for causing one tube to rotate with theregisterin' of the slots, resilient means olding the tubes in theposiand means for increasing the registering of the slots.

15'. A tag holder comprising an inner and an outer tube, each tubehaving'a slotted means for causing one tube to rotate with respect tothe other tube to change slots, resilient means for normally holding thetube in the position of least registry,

respect to the'other tube to change the registering of the slots, andresilient respect to the other tube to change and a rocking leverattached to one of thetubes .for' increasing the registering of theslots.

'6. In "apparatus for assembling laundry,

ing an enlarged end, a tag holder comprising a tube with a slot initslower portion narrower than the said expanded end on the tag so as toform a support for the same. 7. In apparatus for assembling laundry, thecombination of identification tags having an enlarged end, a tag holdercompris ing an inner and an outer tube both slotted. at the lowerportion and adapted to form an opening narrower than the extended end ofthe tag'when in one position and to allow the opening to be increased soas to" permit the enlar ed end of the ta to pass freely through't eslots in the tu e when in another position. v

- a JOSEPH H.LYNCH.

the combination of identification tags hav-

